fakemon incoming

now before you say anything, no, these are not evolutionary relatives. but they are definitely linked

as you can probably tell, the Grass/Dark practices voodoo and witchcraft whereas the Grass/Fire is fierce and fights with honor. both of these pokes live on a small, superstitious island. if you have one of the Grass/Dark and one of the Grass/Fire pokemon in your party for long enough, the Grass/Fire one will eventually be afflicted by a strange status condition, called "cursed". this cannot be cured via the pokemon center or full restores or anything like that, and it treats the pokemon with this status as if it were fainted in-battle. you have to take your Pokemon to an exorcist to cleanse it of the curse. however, there are two exorcists you can choose from; one who charges a huge amount of money, and the other very little. assuming you go to the expensive one, your pokemon will be totally cured and go back to normal. but, if you go to the cheap one, a malevolent spirit takes over the body of the Grass/Fire pokemon, who is still conscious, but cannot do anything except for cry. this cannot be undone, and this process only can happen once

moral: don't be a cheapskate

design-wise, i'm pretty happy with how these guys turned out. thinking a physical attacker for the Grass/Fire, special for the Grass/Dark, and mixed for the Dark/Ghost. but you tell me what you think